diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 70fe05cc19..7e239a1976 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,9 +46,11 @@ get_filename_component(POLICYDIR ${POLICYDIR} ABSOLUTE)
 
 configure_file(bro-path-dev.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/bro-path-dev)
 file(WRITE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/bro-path-dev.sh
-     "export BROPATH=`${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/bro-path-dev`\n")
+     "export BROPATH=`${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/bro-path-dev`\n"
+     "export PATH=\"${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/src\":$PATH\n")
 file(WRITE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/bro-path-dev.csh
-     "setenv BROPATH `${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/bro-path-dev`\n")
+     "setenv BROPATH `${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/bro-path-dev`\n"
+     "setenv PATH \"${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/src\":$PATH\n")
 
 file(STRINGS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/VERSION" VERSION LIMIT_COUNT 1)
 string(REPLACE "." " " version_numbers ${VERSION})